Tapps v. State

OPINION

in which KELLER, P.J., joined except as to Part II, and MEYERS, WOMACK, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

The appellant was indicted under Section 46.04(a)(1) of the Texas Penal Code, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. 1 The indictment alleged that the appellant’s state-jail-felony conviction for failure to comply with sex-offender registration requirements qualified him as a felon for purposes of Section 46.04(a)(1). 2 A jury found the appellant guilty. The trial court, after finding two of the four alleged enhancement paragraphs to be true, 3…